Wire joint



Mmh 16 ,1926. 1,576,632

G. DINCOGNITO WIRE JOINT Filed Jah. 6, 1.925

Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITE sreres GUY nlneoenrro, or Geneseo, ILLIIIoIs.

W'IRE JOINT.

Application filed January 6, 1923,.A .Serial Noi-610,981.4

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUI' DINooGNITo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county ot Cook, and State ot Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Wire Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention rela-tes to wire joints, and has for its object the provision of joints of this character' which will be extremely neat in appearance, easily formed, and strong and durable in construction.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements oi parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a. part of this specification and in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a doubling joint showing the members disposed side by side and having their abutting edges bevelled so as to reduce the width of the double joint;

Fig. 2 is a. view partially in section on line 2-2 oi Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a iront elevation of a double joint showing the members provided with two fingers or portions each, and the fingers or the portions of the opposite members having their abutting edges bevelled so as to reduce the width of the joint; and

Fig. 4 is a view partially in section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

It is common practice in forming joints between the ends of web wires, and the trame or supporting wires, of articles such as baskets, wire lamp shade frames, dish draining receptacles, soap dishes and other articles made of wire, to secure the ends of the web wires to the frame or supporting wires by bending said ends about the supporting wire, and then applying solder. This provides a joint which is stro-ng' and durable but is open to the objection that the bent end of the web wire projects from the.

surface of the supporting wire a distance equal to the thickness of the web wire throughout its bent portion, so that by employing a joint ot this character the symmetry of the article is affected, as well as a "jrojection 'formed "which is likely to catch into articles of clothing or the like, or in jure the hands of a person .usingl an article containing such joints. My invention is designed to eliminate, as far as possible, this unsightly and inconvenient joint, and provide a joint which projects but a small distance from the supporting wire, and is smooth and attractive appearance.

The joints are particularly adapted to be utilized in connection with so called cross or double joints, as shown in the drawings. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 18 represents a supporting wire, and 19 and 2O represent oppositely disposed web wires connected to the supporting wire 18 by reducedjoints. In addition the edges of such joints are oppositely bevelled in a suitable manner as shown at 21, so as to reduce the width of the joint. By this arrangement it is apparent that not only the depth and height of the joints are reduced, but the width thereof is also greatly reduced, thus producing an eX- tremely strong and inconspicuous joint, in

which the wires 19 and 20 are disposed as closely end to end as possible so as to form a substantially continuous wire despite the jointure of the same to the supporting wire.

In Figs. 3 and 4, inclusive, modified joints are shown. In such figures, 22 represents a supporting wire, to which the ends of the j oppositely disposed members 23 and 24 are connected. The adjacent ends of the members 23 and 24 are of the split type which ends when used in a double 'joint of the character shown in Fig. 3, have their side abutting edges bevelled as shown at 25, so as to reduce the width of the joint. By this arrangement not only will a joint be provided in which' the joined wires are substantially disposed end to end, but such wires are disposed in the same lateral plane. With this construction a thin joint is produced and only a small measure of strength is sacrificed by bevelling and tapering the ends of' the supported wires, which may be compensated for by using slightly heavier wire.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departf ing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set Jforth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope ot the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A joint of the character described com- 5 prising a supportingmember, a second member having its end reduced and tapering to its extremity and clasped about said supportingmember, said reduced portion having its side edge beveiled, and another member having its end reduced and tapering to its extremity and clasped about said supporting member, said last member having its side edge oppositely beveiled and abutting against a bevelled edge of said second member. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GUY DINCOGNITO. 

